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28 Tube Products International July 2009
Arvind Anticor Limited is a manu-
facturer and exporter of acid pickling
tanks made from polypropylene
thermoplastic. The company’s acid
pickling tanks are custom designed
according to size and weight of load
such as pipes, tube, wire coils, bars,
rods and structural steel.
Anticor PP tanks are used for pickling,
degreasing, electro-plating, rinsing,
fluxing, anodising, passivation, pre-
and post-treatment and metal surface
treatment.
The tanks are constructed from poly-
propylene thermoplastic, a material
that is highly corrosion resistant.
In addition, the tanks are housed in a
steel structure frame for mechanical
reinforcement, covered with fibreglass.
Pickling tanks from Arvind Anticor
CNC cutting machines
Jesco Polycontour is a manufacturer of analogue pipe cutting machines,
including the ARB range which is used in the silo, boiler and shipbuilding
industries.
In order to meet the demands of the market, the company has improved the
range, with the ARB 1500 Digital.
The machine is suitable for ‘one run’ cutting of round holes with welding seam
preparation. This makes the holes straight, suitable for connections of nozzles
and tubulars. The machine can also be used to cut tubulars, and for the profiling
of pipe ends.
The ARB 1500-D is
controlled by means
of a Siemens S-7 PLC.
Programming of the
cutting parameters,
necessary for the cut,
can be performed via
the operator panel.
The machine is
providedwithencoders
that ensure precision
and repeatability.
The ARB 1500-D is
equipped as standard for the oxy fuel cutting process, but can optionally be
equipped for plasma cutting.
The sturdy prismatic pedestal provides a stable mounting on pipes. By
removing the pedestal, the machine can be mounted to a manipulator, making
the machine even easier to move.
The machine can cut pipes with diameters in the range 100-10,000mm,
and with wall thickness from 5 to 150mm. The diameter of the hole/branch
while plasma cutting is 100-1,500/2,500mm, and while oxy/gas cutting is
50-1,500/2,500mm.
The machine features a machine housing with prismatic pedestals and spirit
level; a 2-axis PLC control integrated in the machine housing; a spindle with
removable centring point; and a torch arm, machine torch and gas/oxygen
distribution block.
Jesco Polycontour – Netherlands
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The tanks are housed in steel frames
for mechanical reinforcement, and
covered with fibreglass. They are
designed and engineered on the ‘Rita’
tank building software module.
Design and fabrication of the PP tanks
are geared towards maximising the
benefits of advanced material over
conventional alternatives such as brick
lining and fibreglass lining. Benefits
include cost saving, impact resistance,
corrosion resistance, mobility, light
weight, leak proofing, environment-
friendly, fume free, increased longevity
and zero maintenance.
Anticor tanks are designed, manu-
factured and tested according to
German Welding Association DVS
2205 for safety and longevity. The
tanks are manufactured with certified
life of chemical resistance. Anticor’s
facilities are equipped with butt fusion
welding, hot gas extrusion welding
technology and hydro-thermo radius
forming technology.
In addition to butt fusion technology,
Anticor has developed radius instead
of a right angle corner at the bottom of
tank. This effectively reduces the weld
joint at the corner welded radius, thus
providing sound mechanical strength.
Anticor weld joints are tested as per
German Welding Association DVS
2203.
The company’s tank fabrication
technology offers better performance,
higher efficiency, higher productivity,
lower rejection, zero failure and an
environmentally friendly atmosphere.
Welding quality is confirmed by a
3-point bend test, and a specimen
seam is subjected to a test of tensile
and impact resistance properties.
Leakage testing is carried out prior to
dispatch by hydro, vacuum and spark
test.
Anticor pickling tanks are supplied
with accessories such as nozzles,
heating/cooling coils, integral suction
ducting for fume exhaust, integral
slope for drain, lifting arrangement,
and top lid cover.
Arvind Anticor Limited – India
Jesco Polycontour’s ▼ ▼
machine for plasma
and/or oxy fuel
cutting